Web tool assesses emotional intelligence in the workplace

(by Staff, Benefits Canada)   There’s a new online tool to help employers improve mental health in the workplace.   “Managing Emotions” was developed by mental health researchers and commissioned by the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the...

I keep sabotaging my weight loss. Can you help?

The question: I feel like I’m self-sabotaging my weight loss. I know what it takes to lose the weight. At 34, I’m not obese – but I’m chunky, and I’ve been skinny a number of times – but always put it back on. I can tell myself I’ll only have salad before...

Scientists search for cause and treatment for hoarding disorder

Scientists search for cause and treatment for hoarding disorder (by Mary Carole McCauley, The Baltimore Sun, September 29, 2011)   BALTIMORE — The table at Jack Samuels’ office, in Baltimore’s Fells Point, is piled two feet high with books, papers, scientific...